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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 19, said he was banning the use and importation of e-cigarettes. The President made the announcement during a late-night press conference that was broadcast online. “Vaping is also dangerous, I am banning it. If you are smoking now, you will be arrested,” Duterte said. “Let us stop it. I am ordering the law enforcement agencies to arrest anybody vaping in public,” he added. The President made the announcement […]
(Eagle News)–Typhoon “Ramon” has maintained its strength as it approached the Babuyan Group of Islands on Tuesday night. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Signal No. 3 remained hoisted over the northern portion of Cagayan (Santa Praxedes, Claveria, Sanchez Mira, Pamplona, Abulug, Ballesteros, Aparri, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Buguey, Santa Teresita, Gonzaga, and Santa Ana) as “Ramon,” estimated at 120 km east of Calayan, Cagayan, was forecast to make landfall over the Babuyan Islands between […]
(Eagle News) — For the first time, House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano faced the Senate budget hearing and defended the P50-million cost of the so-called “golden cauldron” built for the 30th Southeast Asian Games. Cayetano, co-chairman of the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC), the private group which is handling preparations Philippine hosting of the SEA Games this year, insisted that the SEA Games cauldron which was designed by the late National Artist […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — The US and South Korea will postpone joint air drills in an “act of goodwill” towards the nuclear-armed North, US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday, after months of deadlocked diplomacy with Pyongyang. North Korea has long protested joint military drills, which it condemns as preparations for invasion, and has set Washington an end-of-year deadline to come up with a new offer in deadlocked negotiations on its weapons programs. The […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea is “no longer interested” in summits with the US unless Washington offers new concessions in their nuclear negotiations, Pyongyang said Monday, hours after Donald Trump hinted at the prospect. “You should act quickly, get the deal done,” Trump tweeted Sunday, referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “See you soon!” Kim and Trump have met three times since June last year, but talks have been gridlocked […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A coal mine explosion killed 15 people in north China’s Shanxi province, state media reported Tuesday. Nine other people were injured by the gas explosion on Monday afternoon, which took place in a mine owned by Shanxi Pingyao Fengyan Coal & Coke Group Co, according to official news agency Xinhua. Xinhua reported that 35 miners were working underground when the blast happened, but 11 miners were able to escape. The injured […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Nintendo this week throws open the doors to its first bricks-and-mortar store in Tokyo, offering everything from Super Mario mugs to Zelda handbags as part of a new gaming complex in the heart of the city. Set in a refashioned department store on one floor just minutes from the famed “scramble crossing” in Shibuya district, the giant retail space also includes shops selling merchandise from some of the biggest names […]
(Eagle News)–“Ramon,” now a typhoon, remains stationary as it approaches the Babuyan Islands. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Signal No. 3 remains hoisted over the northern portion of Cagayan (Santa Praxedes, Claveria, Sanchez Mira, Pamplona, Abulug, Ballesteros, Aparri, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Buguey, Santa Teresita, Gonzaga, and Santa Ana). Signal No. 2, on the other hand, is up over Batanes, Apayao, Kalinga, Abra, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, and the rest of Cagayan, while […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Some families of the 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck in Britain last month will borrow money from the government to repatriate their relatives’ remains, they told AFP Tuesday. Vietnam’s foreign ministry said they would help to bring either the ashes or the bodies of the victims back — but that families would have to cover the cost of repatriation. The price to bring ashes back in a jar […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo made “missteps” that made President Rodrigo Duterte change his mind about making her a part of the Cabinet, the Palace said on Tuesday, Nov. 19. “The Vice President talking with – and seeking the advice of – certain foreign institutions and personalities that have prejudged the campaign against illegal drugs as a violation of human rights, as well as a crime against humanity, did not sit well with […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — One fisherman was killed and 11 others reported missing after their boat caught fire off South Korea’s southern coast, authorities said Tuesday. The coast guard said the accident happened west of Jeju island. Local authorities said 12 crew members had been on board — six South Koreans and six Vietnamese nationals. Only one body — the badly burned corpse of a South Korean — had so far been recovered, […]
(Eagle News)–Several flights on Tuesday, Nov. 19, were cancelled due to bad weather. Below is a list: 2P 2198: Manila-Laoag 2P 2199: Laoag-Manila The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northern portion of Cagayan (Santa Praxedes, Claveria, Sanchez Mira, Pamplona, Abulug, Ballesteros, Aparri, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Buguey, Santa Teresita, Gonzaga, and Santa Ana) are under the storm signal, as “Ramon,” last spotted 120 km east of Calayan, Cagayan, packed maximum sustained winds of […]
